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title: Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the Giant off… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 2053 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 12 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the Giant off the ground and wins, then the Pygmies plan revenge

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**Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 2053 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.

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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/2053-pg976-part12/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Yo, so Hercules basically flattened Antaeus, right?

- **1.** Yeah, he lifted him off the ground and he got weak. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Nah, he just lifted him and he got sleepy. — score 4
- **3.** Yep, totally flattened him. — no support
- **4.** Yeah, he picked him up and he got tired. — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 2053, line 3: «He grabs Antaeus, lifts him high off the earth, and holds him in the air, where the Giant starts to weaken.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lift» (+3); the same doer «hercules» (+2). Against it: 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/2053-pg976-part12/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Bro, why did the giant get weaker up in the air?

- **1.** Cuz he wasn't touching his mom, Earth, so all his power just drained out of him fast. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Cuz he wasn't touching his mom, Earth. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Cuz he wasn't touching his dad, Sky. — no support
- **4.** Cuz he forgot his magic rock. — no support

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**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/2053-pg976-part12/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Did Hercules just nap after winning, lowkey?

- **1.** Yup, he relaxed on his lion pelt. — no support
- **2.** Nah, he walked off to find some food and water before he got too sleepy on the hot sand. — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Yup, he chilled on his lion skin. — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** Yup, he chilled on his lion skin right after the fight, while the Pygmies were still plotting. — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 155, line 8: «Where: Hercules is "travelling along a narrow road" when he finds the apple lying on the ground.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same doer «hercules» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2053-pg976-part12/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Those tiny dudes, the Pygmies, were they mad or what?

- **1.** Totally, they wanted revenge badly. — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Nah, they were just curious about the giant and wanted to see the big hero who had come to their land. — score 3
- **3.** Totally, they were hyped for revenge. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Totally, they were hyped for revenge and gathered in a big crowd to plan it out. — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 2052, line 13: «Why: the Pygmies prick the Giant with swords because they want him "on his feet".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3). 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/2053-pg976-part12/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Wait, how many Pygmies crowded up, like roughly?

- **1.** Like a small crowd. — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Like a 27 feet square crowd, all packed in tight with their little arms raised high. — no support
- **3.** Like a 27 feet wide crowd. — score 3
- **4.** Like a 27 feet square crowd. — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1098, line 15: «At home his wife "smiled" because she thinks her husband is mad, and she waits to see what he does.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wait» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2053-pg976-part12/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Who was the dude on the toadstool giving the big speech?

- **1.** One of their best speakers. — no support
- **2.** One of their best orators, who had been chosen to speak for the whole tribe that day. — no support
- **3.** The brother of the slain giant, who came from a faraway land to demand justice for him. — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** One of their best orators. — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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 1167, line 12: «His brothers "had become great men," so when Jack asks for food they give him only "hard words."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2); the same doer «jack» (+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/2053-pg976-part12/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Bruh, did the Giant brag about anything?

- **1.** Yeah, about his wrestling skills. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, his muscles. — no support
- **3.** Yeah, about his big feet. — no support
- **4.** Yeah, about his fighting skills. — no support

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**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/2053-pg976-part12/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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What did the Pygmy say he'd do, like, personally?

- **1.** Trick Hercules with a plan. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Fight him. — no support
- **3.** Fight Hercules one-on-one. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Run away. — no support

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**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/2053-pg976-part12/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Was Hercules even aware of the Pygmies, fr?

- **1.** Nah, he never even noticed them. — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Nah, not really. — no support
- **3.** Nah, he never noticed them. — score 4
- **4.** Yeah, he saw them but ignored them. — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**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 2053, line 8: «Why: Hercules sees that every blow only makes the Giant stronger, since "the Giant would inevitably... become stronger than the mighty Hercules himself."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same doer «hercules» (+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/2053-pg976-part12/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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How did Hercules think the Pygmy wailing sounded?

- **1.** Like tiny frogs croaking. — no support
- **2.** Like little birds tweeting. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Like little birds tweeting happily in the trees above the sleepy hero. — no support
- **4.** Like birds. — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 800, line 13: «The little bell: it hangs on a hut of bark, and the king's son thinks it is "too small and too thin" to be the one he heard.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+3). 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/2053-pg976-part12/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Did the Giant act nice to strangers?

- **1.** Yeah, very nice. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nah, he was really rude to them. — no support
- **3.** Nah, he was super rude to them. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, he was kind to them. — no support

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**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/2053-pg976-part12/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Why did Hercules drop his club, real talk?

- **1.** He wanted a fair match because his club had been broken by the Giant's enormous weight earlier. — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** He wanted a fair wrestling match. — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** He wanted a fair wrestling match, so he set the club aside to be even with the Giant. — score 2
- **4.** He wanted a fair sword match. — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 2053, line 2: «Hercules sees that hitting him is pointless, so he throws down his club and offers a wrestling match.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «wrestling match» (+4). Against it: the same doer «hercules» (-2). 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/2053-pg976-part12/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which method did Hercules employ to defeat Antaeus?

- **1.** He lifted the Giant off the ground, away from his source of strength. — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **2.** He lifted the Giant high, away from his power. — score -3
- **3.** He struck the Giant repeatedly with his club while keeping him pressed against the ground beside the river. — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** He lifted the Giant off the ground, away from his source of strength, and held him there until he weakened. — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 2053, line 10: «Hercules holds Antaeus "high into the air," and the Giant loses his vigor "as soon as Antaeus was fairly off the earth."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+3). 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/2053-pg976-part12/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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What was the principal reason the Pygmies gathered after Hercules fell asleep?

- **1.** To deliberate upon avenging their slain brother and deciding how the whole tribe could take revenge. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To deliberate upon burying their brother. — no support
- **3.** To deliberate upon feasting for their slain brother. — no support
- **4.** To deliberate upon avenging their slain brother. — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/2053-pg976-part12/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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According to the narrator, what would have happened had Hercules continued striking Antaeus?

- **1.** The Giant would have grown stronger from the earth. — no support
- **2.** The Giant would have grown stronger through contact with the earth. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The Giant would have grown stronger and then tricked Hercules into lifting him back up to the sky forever. — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** The Giant would have fled into the desert. — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2053, line 3: «He grabs Antaeus, lifts him high off the earth, and holds him in the air, where the Giant starts to weaken.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «lift» (+2); the same thing acted on «hercules» (+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/2053-pg976-part12/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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What alternative to a general war did the orator propose to the assembly?

- **1.** Selection of a champion to challenge the slayer to single combat. — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Selection of a champion to challenge the slayer to single combat, sparing the whole tribe from war. — no support
- **3.** Selection of a warrior to challenge the slayer to combat. — no support
- **4.** Selection of a large army of warriors to march against the slayer and his allies across the desert. — no support

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**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/2053-pg976-part12/e4/)

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