--- title: Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home to grief,… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 2050 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 13 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/2050-pg976-part9/) [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/) / 2050 # Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home to grief, and the Giant Antaeus is introduced as friend of the Pygmies **Tests:** 2 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 2050 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/2050-pg976-part9/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} yo, did u see Theseus? his dad jumped off a cliff, no cap - **1.** yeah, he's fine — no support - **2.** nah, dude, the sails were still black, so his dad thought he was dead — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** nah, he forgot the sails — no support - **4.** nah, the ship came back with black sails so dad jumped off a cliff — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1269, line 20: «What: the bear tries to give the badger "a long thin blade", a knife, but the avenger says, "You have returned only a knife to my poor father."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «return» (+3); the same doer «you» (+2). The right option, 2, 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/2050-pg976-part9/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} lol, why would the king chuck his crown in the sea like that - **1.** cause he thought his boy was gone for good — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** cause he was so bummed, he figured his son was toast — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** because he figured the Minotaur ate his son — no support - **4.** cause he was mad — 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/2050-pg976-part9/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} bruh, how tiny were the Pygmies, for real - **1.** like six inches or so, I think, for real — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** like six or eight inches if they were tall, and their houses were even smaller, deadass, lowkey — no support - **3.** like six or eight inches if they were tall, and they built their whole streets out of tiny pebbles, deadass — no support - **4.** like six or eight inches if they were tall, deadass — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2050-pg976-part9/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} so is Antaeus a huge mega unit or what - **1.** yep, a giant who walks with a tree for a cane — no support - **2.** yep, he's a mountain of a dude who blows tornadoes out of his mouth and sleeps under a pine tree stick — score 2 - **3.** yeah, he's a giant with a pine tree as his walking stick — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** yep, he's a mountain of a dude with a pine tree stick — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2050, line 13: «Antaeus is "an earth-born Giant," and the Pygmies are "earth-born people" too.», 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 doer «antaeus» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2050-pg976-part9/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} wait, the Pygmies' houses were made of what, like stuff - **1.** straw, feathers, egg shells and clay, all stuck together with tiny bits of mud and sticks, real talk — no support - **2.** straw and mud, with some bits of shell, idk — no support - **3.** straw, feathers, egg shells and clay, but the walls were built so high that the Giant could not see inside, real talk — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** straw, feathers, egg shells and clay, real talk — **✓ the right answer** · 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 303, line 7: «Where: he goes to the hot lands, where the narrow street has high houses built so the sun falls there all day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/2050-pg976-part9/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} did Antaeus ever squash the Pygmies, though - **1.** nah, he was chill and never wanted to hurt them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yeah, he stomped on them once in a while — no support - **3.** nah, he was chill, but he did sometimes blow their roofs off with his breath just to see them scatter — no support - **4.** yes, he stepped on a few by accident — 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/2050-pg976-part9/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} so the Pygmy fields were like a rug, right - **1.** yeah, the biggest one was like Sweet Fern's flower bed, lol — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah, the fields were way bigger than a rug, the biggest one was like a whole county, lol, and it took days to walk — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** yeah, the biggest one was like Sweet Fern's flower bed, but with wheat growing up taller than any Pygmy, lol — no support - **4.** yep, like a little rug of grain, sort of, I guess, lol — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 364, line 17: «A "pasture" is a field of grass where animals graze, which is an everyday word that is still used today.», 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 doer «field» (+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/2050-pg976-part9/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} bro, the Pygmies got bonked by wheat, didn't they - **1.** yeah, a falling stalk could smash a Pygmy flat, and the Giant had to dig them out of the wheat afterward, that's rough — no support - **2.** yeah, one stalk of wheat was so heavy it could knock down a whole row of Pygmy houses, which is pretty rough — no support - **3.** yep, a single stalk could hit a Pygmy hard, kinda rough — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **4.** yeah, a falling stalk could smash a Pygmy, that's rough — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2050, line 16: «Their fields of wheat are so tall that a falling stalk can hit "an unfortunate Pygmy."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hit» (+3); the same doer «falling stalk» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2050-pg976-part9/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} is the whole Pygmy thing like a fairy tale, or nah - **1.** it's a tale, but the author says it's about tiny folks in Africa, and the author swears he met some, kinda, lol — score 5 - **2.** it's a story, but the author says it's about real folks, kinda — score 5 - **3.** it's a myth, and the author says it's about a sea voyage, kinda — no support - **4.** it's a tale, but the author says it's about tiny folks in Africa, kinda — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1992, line 15: «Old word: "vagabond" once meant a wandering person with no home, and in this tale it is a rough word for a rascal.», 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 doer «word» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2050-pg976-part9/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} how long did the friendship last, like days or what - **1.** ages and ages, like forever, long as the Giant lived, which was longer than anyone at the palace could remember — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** a long time, as long as they both were around — no support - **3.** ages and ages, like forever, long as the Giant lived, and even after he was gone the Pygmies kept his story alive — no support - **4.** ages and ages, like forever, long as the Giant lived — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2050-pg976-part9/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} did Theseus want to be king, or was he just stuck - **1.** he got stuck with it, whether he would or no, since the people chose him over his mother and the council — score 3 - **2.** he took it, though he never asked for it — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** he got stuck with it, whether he would or no, and he spent the rest of his days trying to give the crown back to the people — score 5 - **4.** he got stuck with it, whether he would or no — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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 1230, line 1: «The prince carries the sword to the king, and the war ends with cheers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+2). 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/2050-pg976-part9/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} what's up with the word sable, like sounds fancy - **1.** it means black, it's old-school, like the black sails — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** it means black, I guess, like a colour — score 4 - **3.** it means a kind of sea bird, I think — score 3 - **4.** it means black, it's old-school, and it's also a fur used for royal robes, which is why it sounds so fancy to us — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1992, line 15: «Old word: "vagabond" once meant a wandering person with no home, and in this tale it is a rough word for a rascal.», 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 doer «word» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2050-pg976-part9/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} wait, the Giant could blow ships away with his breath? - **1.** nah, just a little wind — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** yeah, with the tornado of his breath, he could strip roofs, bro — **✓ the right answer** · score -2 - **3.** yeah, his breath could blow boats off course, kinda, bro — score -1 - **4.** yep, his breath was strong enough to move boats — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 43, line 6: ««O Ratty! why ever did I do it? Why did I bring you to this poor, cold little place … when you might have been at River Bank … toasting your toes before a blaz…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «poor cold little place» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2050-pg976-part9/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following states the reason King Aegeus gave for believing that his son was dead? - **1.** He decided that the black sails showed his son had died at sea while fighting the bull-headed beast of Crete. — score 5 - **2.** He concluded that the fatal blackness of the sails proved his son had been eaten by the Minotaur. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **3.** He believed the Minotaur had eaten him. — score 10 - **4.** He saw the black sails and assumed the worst. — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2050, line 3: «Aegeus thinks his son was eaten by the Minotaur, so he throws his crown into the sea and jumps.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+6); the same thing acted on «son» (+6). Against it: the same doer «minotaur» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2050-pg976-part9/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal distinction between the Giant Antaeus and the Pygmies as described in the passage. - **1.** The Giant lived on a mountain, while the Pygmies lived in tiny houses on the plain. — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** The Giant was of very lofty stature, and he could blow ships away with his breath, while the Pygmies were extremely small and lived in fear of him. — score 1 - **3.** The Giant was of very lofty stature, while the Pygmies were extremely small. — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The Giant was of very lofty stature and lived on the mountain, while the Pygmies were extremely small and built their houses of straw, feathers and clay. — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1652, line 13: «The Sun says, "you live in a palace without windows," which means he knows where she has been all along.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+3); the same place «palace» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); 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/2050-pg976-part9/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Explain the relationship that the narrator describes between Antaeus and the Pygmies. - **1.** The Pygmies feared the Giant, though he was kind to them in return. — no support - **2.** The Giant ruled over the Pygmies, who gave him gifts of grain and served him faithfully every day. — score 3 - **3.** Each loved and cared for the other with affection, though the Pygmies were afraid of the Giant's breath and kept well out of his path all day long. — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **4.** Each loved and cared for the other with affection, despite their great difference in size. — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 17: «The Hatter talks of Time as a person: «It's him.» If you kept on good terms with him, he says, Time would jump the clock from nine o'clock lessons to half-past…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same property (+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/2050-pg976-part9/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} State the consequence of Theseus's failure to change the sails of his vessel. - **1.** The ship was delayed, so his father sailed out to search for him. — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** His father, observing the black sails, believed him dead and cast himself from a cliff. — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** The sails stayed black, so the Minotaur devoured him and his father went mad with grief. — no support - **4.** His father, seeing the black sails, thought him killed and then threw his crown into the sea. — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1765, line 13: «The old master says "I am sure you have found some clever friend!" because he suspects the prince has help.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «old master» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2050-pg976-part9/e4/) - ← previous: [2049. Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 8: Theseus…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2049-pg976-part8/) - next →: [2051. Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2051-pg976-part10/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)