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title: A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows a brindle… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 2059 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 14 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows a brindled cow until it lies down and he chooses a home

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**Tests:** 2 of 14 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 2059 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/2059-pg976-part18/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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bruh, why was Cadmus chasing a cow for ages?

- **1.** his friends had made a silly bet — no support
- **2.** the oracle had promised that a sacred brindled cow would guide his steps to a new home — **← Mova's choice** · score -3
- **3.** the Pythia had said that a heifer from the fields would show him where to settle — score -3
- **4.** the oracle said a cow would lead him — **✓ the right answer** · score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 2059, line 9: «Why he follows: the oracle "had bidden him be guided by a cow", so he wonders if she is the one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «cow» (-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/2059-pg976-part18/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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ngl, did the cow just randomly sit down?

- **1.** no, the magic in her made her choose the spot deliberately — no support
- **2.** no, she was ordered to — no support
- **3.** no, she chose that spot — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** yes, she sat because the god told her to rest there at last — **← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1183, line 18: «Old word: "Nought" means nothing, so "saying nought to their herd" means she said nothing to the cows or to anyone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «word» (+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/2059-pg976-part18/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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wait, who was tagging along behind the cow?

- **1.** a group of strangers who had joined the march — no support
- **2.** a band of soldiers — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **3.** some random strangers — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** some hungry farmers — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1964, line 1: «Tom's mother cleans off his batter, and later the red cow swallows him along with the thistle he is tied to.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2059-pg976-part18/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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so the cow was like enchanted, right?

- **1.** yep, she had magic on her — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** nope, the magic was in the oracle, not the cow at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** kinda, she was blessed — no support
- **4.** yes, a god sent her — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 2036, line 18: «Old words: "milch cows" means cows kept for their milk, and a "nosegay" is an old word for a small bunch of flowers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old words» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-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/2059-pg976-part18/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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lowkey, what did Cadmus wanna build?

- **1.** a city with a palace — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **2.** a temple by a river — no support
- **3.** a home for his mom — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** a huge city with a royal palace and towers — score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2057, line 8: «Where: they leave Cilix at a place with "a rustic bower," a shelter made of branches like the one built for Phoenix.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «build» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1); the same thing acted on «one» (-2). 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/2059-pg976-part18/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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fr, what was the cow's coat like?

- **1.** striped — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** grey with brown marks — no support
- **3.** brindled, like a tiger — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** spotted — 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/2059-pg976-part18/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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yo, what did Cadmus do when she ran off?

- **1.** he shouted at the sky — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** he chased her, no luck — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** he chased her for hours through the woods but never caught her — no support
- **4.** he chased her across the valley, but she simply kept running on — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1540, line 3: «That night the Fairy turns into a mouse and nibbles the King's ears, so he runs off crying "I am pursued by rats."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «cry» (+1). 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/2059-pg976-part18/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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bruh, where was his mom chilling?

- **1.** in a cave — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** by the old well — no support
- **3.** beside the sea shore — no support
- **4.** under a flowery sod — **✓ 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/2059-pg976-part18/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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why'd the companions get so hyped?

- **1.** they loved the cow — no support
- **2.** they wanted Cadmus as king — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -5
- **3.** they were bored — no support
- **4.** they wanted a big feast — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1009, line 11: «The companion flies after the princess to the mountain and "flogged her even harder than before."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2059-pg976-part18/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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so was Cadmus rich or broke?

- **1.** he was a wandering exile with no money and no land to call his own — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he was a royal prince — no support
- **3.** he was poor and homeless — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** he had lost everything and had no home or family left — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2059-pg976-part18/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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what did the cow drink from?

- **1.** a river by the village — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a wide silver river winding through the green valley near the hills — no support
- **3.** a brook across the path — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** a shallow brook that flowed across the rocky path — 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/2059-pg976-part18/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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was the path easy for them?

- **1.** yes, very flat ground — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** no, smooth — no support
- **3.** nope, rocks and mud — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** nope, steep hills — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2059-pg976-part18/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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what were they after at the end?

- **1.** a hot meal, a bath and a soft place to sleep — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a comfy meal — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a safe town — no support
- **4.** a warm bed and a big feast with wine — 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/2059-pg976-part18/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14}

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who yelled "Joy! joy!"?

- **1.** one of the company — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** the old servant — score 8
- **3.** one of the travelling companions behind him — score 8
- **4.** the oldest of the followers in the group — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 44, line 6: ««Goodman Joseph toiled through the snow— / Saw the star o'er a stable low; / Mary she might not further go». The last verse asks: «Who were the first to cry No…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shout» (+6); the same thing acted on «joy» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2059-pg976-part18/t14/)

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

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To what animal did the oracle assign the role of guide to Cadmus?

- **1.** a sacred brindled cow from the herds — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a golden eagle — no support
- **3.** a white horse — no support
- **4.** the brindled cow — **✓ 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/2059-pg976-part18/e1/)

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

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In what condition were the followers when the cow lay down?

- **1.** soaked, exhausted, hungry and sore after the long march — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** happy, rested and well fed — no support
- **3.** bedraggled, weary, hungry and far from any home — no support
- **4.** bedraggled, weary and hungry — **✓ 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/2059-pg976-part18/e2/)

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

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What did Cadmus propose that the settlers should undertake upon arrival?

- **1.** to build walls around the town — score -2
- **2.** to fish in the nearby sea — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** to farm — no support
- **4.** to cultivate the neighbouring soil — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1117, line 13: «The eldest brother proposes: "say that we killed the hog", a lie told to hide what they really did to their brother.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «propose» (+3). 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/2059-pg976-part18/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Which qualities did the companions attribute to Cadmus, fitting him to govern?

- **1.** royal blood — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** wisdom and strength — score 0
- **3.** a noble name and kind words — score 0
- **4.** the royal blood and heart — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1577, line 18: «Why: the blood from the cut frees the true bride, and she can tell the King how her step-mother and step-sister betrayed her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same receiver «king» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2059-pg976-part18/e4/)

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